CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
2024-0586
OBJECT J
OBJECT J (NORAD 47317) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 29 April 2024, after 3 years, 3 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
47317
International designator
2021-002J
Object type
Unidentified object
Country
United States
Launched
17 Jan 2021Air launch (Pacific)
Re-entered (UTC)
29 Apr 2024UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 3 months1,198 days
How it ended
Re-entered
Latitude range
60.6°N to 60.6°SFinal inclination 60.6°
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 60.6°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 60.6°N and 60.6°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 3 monthsOBJECT J’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
Also ended on 29 Apr 2024
17 entriesFrom the same launch
2021-002
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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